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1 By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The Art of the Italian Renaissance By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2 Art and Patronage Italians were willing to spend a lot of money on art. Art communicated social, political, and spiritual values. Italian banking & international trade interests had the money. Public art in Florence was organized and supported by guilds. Therefore, the consumption of art was used as a form of competition for social & political status!

3 Charateristics of Renaissance Art

4 1. Realism & Expression Expulsion from the Garden Masaccio 1427
First nudes since classical times.

5 2. Perspective First use of linear perspective! Perspective!
The Trinity Masaccio 1427 Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! Perspective! First use of linear perspective! What you are, I once was; what I am, you will become.

6 The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)
3. Classicism Greco-Roman influence. Secularism. Humanism. Individualism  free standing figures. Symmetry/Balance The “Classical Pose” Medici “Venus” (1c)

7 Isabella d’Este – da Vinci, 1499
“First Lady of the Italian Renaissance.” Great patroness of the arts. Known during her time as “First Lady of the World!”

8 5. Geometrical Arrangement of Figures
The Dreyfus Madonna with the Pomegranate Leonardo da Vinci 1469 The figure as architecture!

9 Lorenzo the Magnificent
Cosimo de Medici

10 Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 - 1436
Architect Cuppolo of St. Maria del Fiore

11 Filippo Brunelleschi Commissioned to build the cathedral dome.
Used unique architectural concepts. He studied the ancient Pantheon in Rome. Used ribs for support.

12 Brunelleschi’s Dome

13 The Liberation of Sculpture
David by Donatello 1430 First free-form bronze since Roman times!

14 David Verrocchio

15 The Baptism of Christ Verrocchio, 1472 - 1475
Leonardo da Vinci

16 Vitruvian Man Leonardo da Vinci 1492 The L’uomo universale

17 The Renaissance “Man” Broad knowledge about many things in different fields. Deep knowledge/skill in one area. Able to link information from different areas/disciplines and create new knowledge. The Greek ideal of the “well-rounded man” was at the heart of Renaissance education.

18 1. Self-Portrait -- da Vinci, 1512
Artist Sculptor Architect Scientist Engineer Inventor

19 Leonardo, the Artist The Virgin of the Rocks Leonardo da Vinci

20 Leonardo, the Artist: From hisNotebooks of over 5000 pages (1508-1519)

21 The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498 & Geometry

22 The Last Supper - da Vinci, 1498
vertical horizontal Perspective!

23 Deterioration Detail of Jesus The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci 1498

24 A Da Vinci “Code”: St. John or Mary Magdalene?

25 Leonardo, the Sculptor An Equestrian Statue

26 Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook
Study of a central church. 1488

27 Leonardo, the Architect: Pages from his Notebook
Plan of the city of Imola, 1502.

28 Leonardo, the Scientist (Biology): Pages from his Notebook
An example of the humanist desire to unlock the secrets of nature.

29 Leonardo, the Scientist (Anatomy): Pages from his Notebook

30 Leonardo, the Inventor: Pages from his Notebook

31 Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.
Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook Studies of water-lifting devices. A study of siege defenses.

32 David Michelangelo Buonarotti 1504 Marble

33 What a difference a century makes!

34 The Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512

35 The Sistine Chapel’s Ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti 1508 - 1512

36 The Sistine Chapel Details The Creation of the Heavens

37 The Sistine Chapel Details
Creation of Man

38 Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004
A Modern “Adaptation” Joe Gallo in the New York Daily News, 2004

39 Baldassare Castiglione by Raphael, 1514-1515
Castiglione represented the humanist “gentleman” as a man of refinement and self-control.

40 Betrothal of the Virgin
Perspective! Betrothal of the Virgin Raphael 1504

41 Raphael’s Canagiani Madonna, 1507

42 Raphael’s Madonnas (1) Sistine Madonna Cowpepper Madonna

43 Raphael’s Madonnas (2) Madonna della Sedia Alba Madonna

44 The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
One point perspective. All of the important Greek philosophers and thinkers are included  all of the great personalities of the Seven Liberal Arts! A great variety of poses. Located in the papal apartments library. Raphael worked on this commission simultaneously as Michelangelo was doing the Sistine Chapel. No Christian themes here.

45 The School of Athens – Raphael, 1510 -11
Da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo

46 The School of Athens – Raphael, details
Plato: looks to the heavens [or the IDEAL realm]. Aristotle: looks to this earth [the here and now].

47 Birth of Venus – Botticelli, 1485 An attempt to depict perfect beauty.

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